System for actuating gun and utility locks with an external mobile device
First Claim
1. A safety holster for use with a weapon, the weapon having a barrel, a slide, a trigger guard, a trigger, an ejection port, a hammer end and a handle, wherein the holster comprises:
- a holster body that includes spaced apart strap-side and outer-side substantially rigid sidewalls formed to define an inner cavity and an open handle-end portion for receiving a weapon therein, and for removing said weapon there from, said holster body having a long axis parallel with the barrel of said weapon when secured in said holster body;
an electronically actuated, bistable locking mechanism including a displaceable member, said displaceable member being displaceable between a first position corresponding to a locked state of said locking mechanism and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state of said locking mechanism; and
a control system including a microcontroller and an actuator, said microcontroller being configured such that, upon receipt of a locking control signal from a mobile cellular device said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said first position, thereby preventing withdrawal of said weapon and, upon receipt of an unlocking control signal from said mobile cellular device, said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said second position, thereby allowing withdrawal of said weapon.
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Abstract
A safety holster, trigger lock and utility lock including an electronically actuated locking mechanism configured to admit the weapon or object into the device, and to engage a feature of the weapon, thereby preventing the withdrawal of the weapon prior to release of the electronically actuated locking mechanism; a control system including a microcontroller unit adapted to actuate the electronically actuated locking mechanism upon receipt of a control signal where the device provides for insertion of the weapon into the holster body/trigger guard, with the locking mechanism which admits the weapon during insertion, and which engages the weapon feature for retention of the weapon in a locked state upon receiving a locking control signal from an external device until the locking mechanism is disengaged by receiving an unlocking control signal from the external device.
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27 Claims
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1. A safety holster for use with a weapon, the weapon having a barrel, a slide, a trigger guard, a trigger, an ejection port, a hammer end and a handle, wherein the holster comprises:
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a holster body that includes spaced apart strap-side and outer-side substantially rigid sidewalls formed to define an inner cavity and an open handle-end portion for receiving a weapon therein, and for removing said weapon there from, said holster body having a long axis parallel with the barrel of said weapon when secured in said holster body; an electronically actuated, bistable locking mechanism including a displaceable member, said displaceable member being displaceable between a first position corresponding to a locked state of said locking mechanism and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state of said locking mechanism; and a control system including a microcontroller and an actuator, said microcontroller being configured such that, upon receipt of a locking control signal from a mobile cellular device said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said first position, thereby preventing withdrawal of said weapon and, upon receipt of an unlocking control signal from said mobile cellular device, said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said second position, thereby allowing withdrawal of said weapon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A trigger lock for a weapon having a frame, a trigger and a trigger guard, the trigger lock comprising:
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a trigger-guard enclosure including a body component and a locking pin component, that together define an inner cavity and an open entry channel for receiving the trigger guard of a weapon therein, and for removing the trigger-guard of said weapon there from, said trigger-guard enclosure having a long axis parallel with the trigger guard of the weapon when secured in said trigger-guard enclosure; an electronically actuated, bistable locking mechanism including a displaceable member, said displaceable member being displaceable between a first position corresponding to a locked state of said locking mechanism and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state of said locking mechanism; and a control system including a microcontroller and an actuator, said microcontroller being configured such that, upon receipt of a locking control signal from a mobile cellular device said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said first position, thereby preventing withdrawal of the trigger guard from the trigger guard lock and, upon receipt of an unlocking control signal from said mobile cellular device, said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said second position, thereby allowing withdrawal of the trigger guard from the trigger guard lock. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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